Oklahoma City Wild Oil Gusher: Mooney Aims Transcontinental Record
A. M. Mooney, 24, Wichita, designs a tiny low wing monoplane and departs unannounced from Los Angeles airport aiming to fly non stop to New York in about 22 hours. Officials monitor his progress as he targets a light plane fuel efficiency record with 186 gallons aboard.
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Raskob
Associated Press
Los Angeles
A. M. Mooney
Wichita
Kan
New York
Mooney
United
Pacific Coast
Cleveland
Ohio
Clarendon Votes on Free Tuition for City Junior College
Clarendon seeks to establish a 20 cent tax to fund a municipal junior college using the old Clarendon college buildings. The question of free tuition for local students will be decided at an election tomorrow. A parade of 1000 school children marched with banners urging the municipal junior college. Twenty one Dallas businessmen touring West Texas observed the parade and praised local student interest.
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Clarendon
Clarendon College
Texas
Dallas
West Texas
President Hoover Goes On First Fishing Trip
President Hoover arrived at his Rapidan river recreation camp at 6 p.m. for his first fishing trip of the season. He and guests tried for trout using a Royal Coachman and a Grisley King as a log fire crackled at the lodge before sunset.
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Associated Press
Orange
Hoover
Rapidan River
Weather forecast for Amarillo and region maintains mild changes
The Amarillo area and West Texas expect fair to partly cloudy conditions on Saturday with slight temperature changes. New Mexico forecast shows fair weather with little temperature variation. Hourly readings from yesterday near Amarillo show daytime highs around the mid seventies and evening lows near the forties.
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Amarillo
Yen
Seven Entered For Election School Board
Seven candidates compete for four school trustee seats in today’s election. Incumbents W. Curl Frank Butler D Roach and G Ordway seek re election alongside six other civic figures. Polls run 8 am to 7 pm with four voting locations across the city.
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A. B. Hall
A. Petersen
Mr. Askew
W. M. Curl
Frank M. Butler
D. Roach
G. G. Ordway
Sixteenth Avenue
San Jacinto School
Buchanan Street
Tenth Avenue
Rock Island Railroad
Santa Fe
Fort Worth
Denver
Sing Sing Prisoner Killed Jumping From Wall
OSSINING N Y April 4 a Sing Sing prisoner Alphonse Tarrello 24 was shot by a guard with a machine gun as he climbed two walls and jumped into the Hudson River His body was recovered 15 minutes later after he swam a short distance witnesses said guards had warned before opening fire during recreation before night lockup
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Associated Press
Ossining
N. Y
Sing Sing
Hudson River
Alphonse Tarrello
Tarrello
Tri Motor Crash at Roosevelt Field Kills Two Officials
A Bach Aircraft Company tri motor crashed during an emergency landing near Roosevelt Field New York killing T Worden Hunter president of Bach Aircraft and R W McAllister pilot both from Los Angeles. Fire and heat destroyed the craft as Texas Company workers aided until flames subsided.
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T. Worden Hunter
Bach Aircraft Company
R. W. McAllister
Los Angeles
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McAllister
Hunter
Texas Company
Commerce Avenue
Garden City
Detroit
Delegates Return From London Conference As Crisis Looms
London April 4 The American delegation led by Colonel Henry L. Stimson booked return on the Leviathan for April 22 after achieving their main aims in the naval agreement with Britain and Japan. The five power pledge seems unlikely beyond the current term and Britain France and Italy remain deadlocked over parity. The Anglo French security formula eludes Henderson and Briand as the conference nears its possible end with tensions high.
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Washington
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Italy
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Great Britain
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Briand
Local Attorneys Offer to Defend Miss Allred Free
Miss Beulah Allred, a militant WCTU worker jailed in Pampa on liquor transportation charges, will face trial before District Judge W R Ewing in Pampa Monday. Amarillo firms Mays and Mays and Olinthus Ellis volunteer defense after her attorney left town. a foreclosure decision against the Pampa hotel operated by Allred is also due.
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Olinthus Ellis
Amarillo
Beulah Allred
Pampa
W. R. Ewing
Miss Allred
Laketon
Wortman
Grand Jury
Capt Hawks Lands at Columbus Field
Capt Frank Hawks arrived at Port Columbus in Ohio by glider towed by a plane. The glider released after 6:16 p.m. EST and landed at 6:51 p.m. The tow plane piloted by Duke Jernigan landed about ten minutes earlier.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio
Frank Hawks
Port Columbus
Duke Jernigan
Army plane crash injures two officers near Fort Crosett
Lieutenant Alfred Beatie and Sergeant Carl W Criss suffered serious injuries when their new army plane crashed five miles west of the Fort Crosett landing field. Beatie, a reserve officer from Oregon City, Oregon, and Criss, a Galveston resident, were transported to the post hospital. the aircraft was a total loss.
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Associated Pres
Galveston
Texas
Alfred Beatie
Carl W. Criss
Fort Crosett Landing Field
Beatie
Oregon City
Ore
Criss
Queen Victoria of Sweden Dies in Italian Home
Queen Victoria of Sweden, 63, died peacefully at her winter residence in Rome after a long bronchial illness. King Gustave and Prince William were at her bedside as Dr. Munte, her longtime physician, prepared the body. Roses were placed on the bed. services were to be held in Germany.
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Associated Press
Rome
Queen Victoria
Sweden
King Gustave
Naples
Prince William
Gustave
Doctor Munte
Italy
Tucumcari to Get Natural Gas by Fall
Tucumcari will gain natural gas service by fall after the city council awarded a franchise to Gas Company of New Mexico a subsidiary of Southern Union Gas. An election to ratify the franchise is set for May 9. The gas line will connect from Clovis via Hereford and serves local rates of 1.50 dollar minimum and 75 cents for domestic service.
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Tucumcari
C. C. Goodwin
Chamber of Commerce
Goodwin
Roy H. Smith
E. J. Corn
Harry Berry
Amarillo
Dallas
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Southern Union Gas Company
Panhandle
Clovis
Hereford
Las Vegas
Santa Fe
Canadian River
Ex-Day Agent Not Guilty of Bribery
W R Logsdon former prohibition officer was acquitted in federal court of bribery charges. A sealed verdict returned last night found he accepted 500 dollars from Mrs Rickie Ketcham of Wichita to influence handling of prohibition cases Fails to influence his handling of cases against her.
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Fort. Worth
W. R. Logsdon
Prohibition
Rickie Ketcham
Wichita
Demo Leader Amused By Senators Ire In Testimony
John J. Raskob, Democratic National Committee chairman, testified before the senate lobby committee that he donated 65 000 to the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment and served as a director. He remained calm amid sharp questioning about ties to the anti prohibition group, noting his role as contributor and director. The hearing saw clashes as lawmakers pressed him about political aims and repeal efforts.
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Thc Senate Lobby Committee
John J. Raskob
Democratic National Committee
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Indiana
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Arkansas
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Montana
Blaine
Wisconsin
Borah
Idaho
Big Dallas Garage Fire Destroys Dixie Motor Trust Garage
A major blaze damaged the Dixie Motor Goach company garage near Dallas shopping district burning the block and threatening Union railway terminal. Roof collapse followed alarms as fire spread on a south wind affecting two story buildings, hotel, barber college, stores, and restaurants with smoke and water damage.
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Tex
Dixie Motor Goach Company
Union Railway Terminal
Barber and Beauty College
Aall
Virgil Potts Given Five Year Suspended Sentence
Virgil Potts pled guilty to swindling by worthless check and received a five year suspended sentence in district court. Evidence showed Potts is a disabled war veteran with a nervous affliction. This was the last case of the term opened in January. Jury panel was dismissed for the rest of the week.
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Virgil Potts
District Criminal Court
Potts
Florida Man Is Suspected Of Murders
Sebring Florida April 4 A coroner jury acquitted William B R Carver of murder in the Carver home triple slaying finding the woman and child died at unknown hands while Carver killed the man in justifiable homicide. The jury urged a grand jury probe.
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Florida
Carver
Sam Jones Trial Set for May 19 in Holmes Murder
Sam Jones charged with the murder of District Attorney John A. Holmes in Borger Texas will face trial May 19, same date as co defendant Jim Hodges. Holmes was shot as he closed his garage door last September 14 by an unidentified assailant amid Borger slayings that drew troops to the city.
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Stinnett
Texas
Sam Jones
John A. Holmes
Borger
Jim Hodges
Jones
Holmen
Wichita Falls man dies after fatal shooting of wife
John W. Moore a oil driller and former deputy sheriff died 23 hours after he shot his wife Eunice Moore three times and killed himself following a four hour quarrel on a downtown Wichita Falls street. Funeral services for Eunice Moore are to be held at Tipten Oklahoma.
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Wichita Falls
Associated Press
Texas
John W. Moore
Eunice Moore
Tipten
Okla
Oil gusher at Mary Sudik No. 1 is finally capped
The Mary Sudik No. 1 gusher, pumping 200 million cubic feet of gas daily plus 2000 barrels of high gravity oil, was shut off at 6 p.m. after a dozen experts worked all day to fasten a cap and stem the flow. The well had raged since March 26, with winds spreading oil over a wide area and tanks and pipelines catching much of the crude.
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Preas
Oklahoma City
Dalhart Man Wins One Dollar in Sheriff Suit
Special to The Neosho News from Clare ndon April 4 Buck of Dalhart awarded one dollar in a $20 000 damages suit against Sheriff N W Monely for two day trial over alleged false imprisonment in July 1929 in Amarillo for the fatal stabbing of Oliver Hill No appeal announced
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Clarendon
Harry L. Buck
Dalhart
N. W. Monely
Buck
Newley County
Oliver
Hill
Amarillo
Prominent Del Rio Rancher Dies in Auto Crash Injuries
Prominent pioneer rancher and stockman from the Del Rio region died of automobile accident injuries in San Antonio. He was transported from Hondo to San Antonio earlier in the week.
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Sellers
del Rio
Hondo
The Well Kept Hedge and Nursery Offerings Ad
The Globe-News Seeds and Nursery column highlights seeds, nursery trees, and related supplies for yard beauty. Read the Want Ads and enter the current contest for a chance to win.
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